You heard it here first – West Seattle Junction parking

The results? Existing two-hour time limit signs in the commercial area along California Avenue SW seem to be working well. SDOT doesn’t think paid parking is the right approach for the Junction at this time.

The parking study examined how full the parking spaces were and how many people were staying longer than the allowed two hours. In the Junction’s commercial area, about 56 percent to 71 percent of parking spaces are generally full. When 75 percent or more of the spots in an area are full it gets hard to find a parking space. That’s our threshold for making significant changes to existing parking regulations, like the use of paid parking. Compliance with the two-hour time limit signs was also high, meaning that the signs are working well to create customer turnover and paid parking isn’t needed at this time.

Check out the graph after the jump for the actual numbers. Watch for a full report next month and a draft parking plan in the fall with any proposed on-street parking changes.